Brian Kostreba

9.0

It’s a low alcohol cab at 12.9% closer to a Bordeaux. Very nice fruit and the tannins complement the finish. Great winery to visit. — a month ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

So very fresh, a hint of seawater under all the brilliant cherry cola notes. Yummmm. — 7 months ago

Joakim J

9.5

Täyteläinen ja tamminen, loistava pihvin kanssa — 2 years ago

with Veera

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Good, simple style. Gets better after being open for a few days, hence the rating. — 3 months ago

Frank B

8.9

Nice body, astringency that made me think of Blaufrankish — 7 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Trout gulch only makes killer wine, I’ve realized. — 2 years ago

John Chawluk

9.1

This is supposedly 97% Garnacha, not Tempranillo. Wonderfully smooth and flavorful. Best Christmas wine so far. Started with $10 Don David, and now up to this for $20. Tonight a big jump to $60 CDP! — 3 years ago

with Scotti

Adam Gäfvert

9.3

This one has a very intriguing aromatic profile. Rhubarb, Incense, cherries, dried strawberries. It is a very light and delicate style of Garnacha. Almost Nebbiolo like without almost any tannin. Interesting stuff. Only around 4000 bottles filled. — 5 months ago

Marcel Van Duinen

9.3

Frisse wijn, mooie zuren, lange afdronk met smaak die blijft ontwikkelen in de afdronk zowel in de lengte alsook in de breedte. — 9 months ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

8.9

There are so many marketing lies to this wine, I don’t even know where to begin. That it’s 95% #Garnacha from vines older than 30 years old! Lie. It sells for 10-11€ in #Spain and then it says that it’s fermented with active yeasts and it’s organic. Okay. Right. They make almost 700k bottles of this wine. Organic treatments and products aren’t cheap. 30+ Old Garnacha needs to be hand-harvested and that’s not cheap. I don’t know anyone spontaneously fermenting more than a half-a-million bottles of anything it’s super risky and then the guy makes it seems like a single vineyard wine because he puts ‘Monte Yerga’ and ‘La Montesa’ but it actually comes from multiple vineyards from 90 hectares! 14% alcohol ? Really Garnacha? From Alfaro? There’s no way in hell. Or he’s adding water or he’s using reverse osmosis which also adds a water-alcohol solution. There’s no way this wine is naturally fermented to 14%! But no way. Then on his description he says ‘Atlantic Influences’!!! There aren’t any Atlantic influences in #riojaoriental #bullshit #marketing — 3 years ago